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94 pages
Publisher:
Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
Making Lucerne Pay presents 13 farm business case studies located across south-eastern Australia, with rainfall varying from 300mm to 580mm and soil types ranging from sand dunes to clays. Each case study looks at how lucerne has been integrated into a rotation, presents practical management techniques employed by the growers and also a detailed economic analysis of the 'before and after' lucerne scenario for each farm. Combining crops and lucerne in the rotation has enabled growers to spread their risks to remain economically viable.
Introduction
Farming with lucerne for high water-use
Rationale for the work
Overview of case studies
The case-study farmers
Fitting lucerne into the rotation
Establishing and managing lucerne
Lucerne and livestock
Lifting profitablility with lucerne
Challenges
The future and lucerne
Case studies
Bridgewater; Charlton; Corowa; Dookie;
Maryborough; Nyah West; Rainbow; Rutherglen;
Serpentine; Tungamah; Underbool; Wedderburn;
Wood Wood
Appendices
Prices used in analyses
Crop gross margin example
Sheep gross margin example
Economic and financial analyses of case-study farms
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